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OVERVIEW Musculoskeletal conditions – the term for more than 200 illnesses affecting the bones and joints, such as arthritis, lower back pain and osteoporosis – threaten to stretch the NHS to breaking point, writes Lilian Anekwe With healthcare budgets already... Read more
MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS Arthritis and related musculoskeletal conditions affect up to one in five people in the UK, causing pain, disability, reduced quality of life and costing society billions, as Judy Hobson reports Arthritis currently affects ten million people in the UK... Read more
MANAGING CHRONIC PAIN Liz Bestic looks at the physical, psychological and social impact of chronic pain which can devastate sufferers’ lives Chronic pain is that which persists for more than three to six months after healing should have taken place.... Read more
DEMOGRAPHIC Joint pain and stiffness are increasingly affecting more people at a younger age, and the number of sufferers is set to soar, as Ellie Broughton discovers There are two factors that most rheumatologists blame for the wave of musculoskeletal... Read more
INNOVATION Dr Fraser Birrell, consultant rheumatologist at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, discusses a disease of tear, flare and repair There has been a major shift in our understanding of osteoarthritis. It is now regarded as a disease affecting the... Read more
RESEARCH Dr Orhun K. Muratoglu, co-director of the Harris Orthopedic Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, outlines developments in hip replacement technology In the wake of recent concerns around certain metal-on-metal prostheses, the attention of academics, surgeons and implant manufacturers is naturally... Read more